Forte Strino is located on the Tonale road before the bridge over Rio Strino, between the pass and the village of Vermiglio. It dates back to 1860 and was designed and built by the Austrians at the time when Trentino became the southern border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The fort was built exactly between 1860 and 1861 to guard the road between Vermiglio and the Tonale Pass, near the border with the Kingdom of Piedmont and Sardinia (from March 1861 Kingdom of Italy). During the First World War the fortress was disarmed as it was no longer adequate; in the Thirties it was severely damaged by salvageers who removed all the metal parts. Towards the end of the 20th century, the Autonomous Province of Trento promoted its recovery and, in 1995, its reopening.
At present, Forte Strino displays relics of the Great War coming from private collections. Some panels introduce the key themes of the First World War, while in the showcases you can see the uniforms of Italian, Austrian and German fighters. Of particular interest is the camouflage covering of the Alpine skiers.
A plastic model of the Tonale Pass territory allows the location of the fortifications, the battle lines and the troops of the two sides.
